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Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

airpump needed, please advise

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12 Aug 2017 09:29 #1 by tommyt (tommy tee)
have been using TetraTec APS Pumps for past 7 years, burned one out after 4 yrs and the replacement is now noisy and one of the outlet nipples broke off - so effectively only getting 50% into tank,
I think i will go for a change in brand, what is reliable and most of all quiet, (tank is 430 lts)
look forward and appreciate any info,
T

slightly off topic, pity this forum has go so quiet, :(

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12 Aug 2017 09:47 #2 by gunnered72 (Eddy Gunnered)
Eheim make the best aquatic equipment of all....Filters, heaters, power heads and Air Pumps etc etc etc....More expensive but worth it...

No surprise its German engineering....

The Germans are miles ahead when it comes to fish keeping in all aspects from breeding to equipment to research etc etc etc...

I mean just look at the quality of Dennerle plants and Stendker Discus..........

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12 Aug 2017 09:52 #3 by tommyt (tommy tee)
agreed, yeah I'll check them out , dont mind paying extra for quality
have you/anyone here experience of the noise (or should i say the lack) from their filters?

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12 Aug 2017 15:04 - 12 Aug 2017 15:08 #4 by gunnered72 (Eddy Gunnered)
Honestly if any modern filter is making noise there is a problem with it like a worn impellar etc...Either that or it hasnt been assembled properly in the first place...People need to start reading the instructions that come with them or else watch You Tube videos on it...All too often people rush home with new aqautic equipment, rip open the box and throw it together impatiently....Then complain its faulty whilst holding 5 extra parts in their hands...Its the Ikea syndrome lol... :crazy:

All you should hear with modern filters is water flowing...That goes for all brands...

As regards air pumps its impossible for them to be totally silent due to the vibrating parts inside...What people fail to realise about them is that they make more noise when there is no airline and filter stone connected to them....You can also diffuse the vibrations in them be wrapping them in a towel or rag etc or by standing them on a sponge platform of some sort...
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12 Aug 2017 15:26 #5 by tommyt (tommy tee)
yeah my EX1200 filter is faultless and quiet, I have replaced air-stone on air-pump as the old one was laboring the pump, still nosier than usual, it sits on foamboard but had rubber pads anyway, opened it no rips in diaphrams, anyways I ordered an Eheim 400 today, now to buy some fish after my water change :-)

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13 Aug 2017 07:05 #6 by paulv (paul vickers)
I've an old eheim 400 it's running non stop for years, I sit it on a piece of foam and it's quiet. Only maintenance it gets is every few months to clean the little cotton filter at the air intake.

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13 Aug 2017 13:38 #7 by Jonlate (Jon Late)
I live in a bungalow, so drilled a small hole in the ceiling and put my air pump in the loft, hanging from a bit of airline tubing.

I fed the airline down into the tank, and cut the live wire on the pump to a switch, so I can turn the pump on and off.

Great system, and absolutely no noise.

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13 Aug 2017 14:05 #8 by tommyt (tommy tee)
ha, that's one way of doing it, not in a bungalow though,

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16 Aug 2017 21:50 #9 by tommyt (tommy tee)
Installed the Eheim 400 today, can't believe how noisy the APS was in comparison,
I like the build quality and the fact that the outlet ports are recessed into body so they less likely to snap off (unlike the APS), enjoying hte tank again as that noise was beginning to annoy me ;-)

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